NGC 1007
NGC 1007
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1007 as it looked roughly 330 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 1020Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 993Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1019Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 993Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1019Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral13 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).